Gar-axle box



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C. W. COLLER.

GAR AXLE BOX, No. 279,342. Patented June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES W. COLLER, OF HAN N IBAL, MISSOURI.

'CAR-AXLE BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming partrof Letters Patent No. 279,342, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed April 19, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Go LER, of Hannibal, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gar-Axle Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,- in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the box, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, like letters indicating like parts in the different figures.

This box is designed as an improvement upon an axle-box invented by me, upon which Letters Patent were issued dated the 5th day 'of December, 1882.

In the drawings, A represents the box, and B the lid which closes the end of the box. The lid slides in the grooves a a, which are slightly tapering, the lid being slightly wedge-shaped, so that its weight makes it fit in the grooves closely, whereby jarring from the motion of the cars is prevented. In the back of the lid is a vertical groove, b, which extends nearly across the lid, the termination of the groove forming a shoulder near the lower edge of the lid. Two lugs or ears, 0 O, are cast on the top of the box, in each of which is an eye.

The tongue D consists of an angle-iron, which is placed between the lugs, its short arm projecting into a cavity formed in the box. The pin 0 is inserted in the eyes of the lugs above the tongue, thus holding it securely in position, the short arms projecting into the cavity, preventing its slipping, while the long arm projects from the top of the box, into the groove b in the lid. When the lid is raised to permit access to the interior of the box the groove 1) permits the lid to slide upward in the grooves a'a until the end of the groove 1) is reached, when the tongue strikes against the shoulder at the end of the groove and prevents its further movement. The thin portion of the lid is now in the broad portion of the grooves, and the lid can tip forward in the position 1 shown in Fig. 1, notches being formed in the lid where" it strikes the corner of the shoulders formed by the grooves a a, thus giving the lid any desired inclination, while the shoulder at the lower end of the groove 7) in the lid bears against the end of the tongue, and the lid is retained in this position until it is tipped back, when it will drop into place.

In the axle-box already referred to as invented and patented by me, having substantially the same construction, the tongue D is secured in position by a bolt passing through it and down through the top of the box; but this construction allows the device to easily get out of order, as the bolt is liable to break or the nut to slip, while the construction shown and described in this application is permanent and efficient, the tongue not being weakened by perforation, while it is securely held in position, and cheapness of construction is socured, as the tongue requires no forming process except bending to form the angle. Other methods might be employed for preventing the slipping of the tongue than that of having its arm project into the cavity of the box-as, for instance, having the arm project upward and inserting another pin above the tongue, and in front of the short arm, whichmethods would be only the equivalent of the one shown, which is in all respects preferable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- The combination, with the axle-box having the projecting lugs, of the angular tongue, applied as described, and the pin passed through the lugs to hold the tongue, substantially as described.

CHAS. W. OOLLER.

Witnesses:

PLINY B. SMITH, GEORGE Hour. 

